Joint Project between the State Hermitage and the Foundation Hermitage Friends in the Netherlands

The Foundation Hermitage Friends in the Netherlands and Wilhelmina E. Jansen Fonds presented in the State Hermitage Museum the results of the joint project - creating 19 frames for the paintings by Dutch masters from the collection of the State Hermitage Museum.

The new frames were made (crafted) according to the traditional XVII century Dutch methods in the unique frame-making studio, which is situated in Spankeren in the Netherlands.

The owner of this studio and frame-maker Mr. Gregor Simoons together with his assistant Ms. Esther Poelen personally put the paintings into the new frames. Mr. Kees ter Horst and Mr. Nico Cobelens, who provided significant financial support to this project, arrived to St. Petersburg to take part in its presentation.

Gregor Simoons, Esther Poelen, Nico Cobelens and Irina Sokolova

Kees ter Horst

Discussion of the result of the project

Paintings in the new frames